Stephanie Lillo will defer the credit to Tarah Sponenberg, Chatfield’s junior varsity head coach and assistant varsity coach. But make no bones about it, the Chargers senior certainly was in a rhythm with her service game.

Lillo was serving when Chatfield ran off 10 straight points in the second set and again in the third during a 7-0 run as the visiting Chargers posted a 25-18, 25-17, 25-17 win over host Columbine on Oct. 21.

LITTLETON — Twelve teams from all over Jefferson County, including Chatfield, Columbine and Evergreen High Schools, showed off their best gymnasts at the league championship on Oct. 23 at Chatfield High School.

Bear Creek took top team honors, placing first with 182.150 points, Evergreen was third with 173.7 points, Chatfield took sixth with 164 points and Columbine was 10th with 152.475 points.

It’s not like Matt Marchena didn’t try to put the ball in the back of the net. One shot just missed the lower left corner minutes into the second half. Fifteen minutes later, the junior forward’s shot ricocheted off the crossbar and back out.

Columbine was that close.

But while the Rebels couldn’t punch home a goal visiting Arapahoe did. The Warriors scored a soft tally in the first half and added a pair of Matt Korsick goals in the final 40 minutes for a 3-0 win Oct. 21 at Columbine High School.

LAKEWOOD — Last October, Bear Creek defeated Columbine in a game in which the Rebels lost quarterback Danny Spond for the rest of the season because of a concussion. This year, the Rebels made sure there would be no such problem with Bear Creek.

Unbeaten Columbine rolled to a 51-21 victory over Bear Creek on Oct. 22 at Jefferson County Stadium.

Dakota Ridge’s Danny Carney and Austin Appel finished first and second, respectively, in helping the Eagles to a second place team finish at the 5A Region 2 cross country championship on Oct. 22 at Clement Park.

Carney won the meet with a time of 15 minutes, 47 seconds. Appel was 11 seconds back.

Dakota Ridge finished with 66 points, nine back of Heritage for the boys team title. Chatfield finished sixth with 147 points. The Chargers’ lone qualifier was Justin Shaver, who finished 11th in 16:44.

DENVER — Kevin O’Brien and Ross Donovan had been looking at the Regis Jesuit duo of Tyler Brasel and Garrett Cochran ever since the bracket had been released. For Chatfield’s No. 3 doubles team, in all likelihood, if it was going to make the 5A boys state tennis finals it was going to have to defeat Brasel and Cochran.

For Danny Carney and Austin Appel, the game plan was simple enough — keep up with Columbine’s William Kincaid. The execution would be the hard part.

But the Dakota Ridge runners not only stayed with Kincaid, but they beat him. Carney took first place and Appel second in leading the Eagles to a 5A Jeffco League boys cross country championship on Oct. 15 at Clement Park.

LAKEWOOD — It’s been tough sledding for Dakota Ridge lately when it comes to facing Wheat Ridge. Entering its game on Oct. 15 at Jefferson County Stadium, the Eagles had lost each of their last three meetings to the Farmers.

That losing streak is now at four games after the Farmers scored two fourth-quarter touchdowns to defeat Dakota Ridge, 28-14.